Example sentences of "but of [noun sg] [pers pn] is [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I suppose it is part of the old wrecking tradition of brandy for the parson and baccy for the clerk but of course it is not legal . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I suppose it is part of the old wrecking tradition of brandy for the parson and baccy for the clerk but of course it is not legal . |
| 3 | I think that you would find them excellently suited to your purpose , but of course it is not my business to force your decision . |
| 4 | But of course it is not enough to point out that such claims can be made implicitly . |
| 5 | At the moment we are working very hard to get all of our systems right , but of course it is not a once and for all process . |
| 6 | Not only is that generally helpful in being a recently approved structure plan that 's been through the Secretary of State 's hands , but of course it is also part of this region . |
| 7 | But of course it is n't as simple as that . |
| 8 | I called Uulaa my home , but of course it is n't my planet of origin — or anyone else 's . |
| 9 | I suppose I should say that it 's because it would be best for her but of course it is n't , it 's because it would be best for me . |
| 10 | But of course it is far from obvious . |
| 11 | But of course it is sometimes not possible , because historical research demonstrates conclusively that the kind of standardised written language which can be used to represent ethnicity or nationality is a rather late historic construction — mostly of the 19th century or even later — and in any case quite often it does not exist at all , as between Serbs and Croats . |
| 12 | It may not be the path , but of course it is perfectly possible , although steep and hard , to get to the summit of Ben Nevis via this corrie although I can think of no mountaineer who would imagine a gushing , torrential waterfall to be the path , take off their socks and shoes and start trying to wade up it . |
| 13 | But of course it is perfectly possible for Bristol graduates who are members of Senate to reflect a Convocation view there . |
| 14 | But of course it is only invariant in a special sense : the author is free to order his universe as he wants , but for the purposes of stylistic variation we are only interested in those choices of language which do not involve changes in the fictional universe . |
| 15 | But of course it is only reassuring if the person can be relied on to be there whenever the need arises — and you can be sure that that is bound to be during the last class hour on the longest teaching day of the week . |